Tire-retainer.



P. M. GARHART & A. VAN DE WATER.

TIRE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.23,1911.

Patented Feb.4,1913.

FRANKLYN M. CARHART, Oi SEA CLIEF, ANI) ARCHIBALD VAN DE WATER, OF GLEN COVE, NEW YQRK.

.SHARE-RETAINER.

Specification or" Letters Eatent.

To all 'whom 11' may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANHLYN M. CAR- HART and ARCHIBALD VAN nn lVArnn, c itizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Sea Cliff, county of Nassau, and State of New York, and Glen Cove, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates in general to vehicle tires, and more particularly to a novel and improved manner of constructing resilient tire members and securing the saine in position upon the rim or felly of a wheel so that they are held securely against creeping or slipping.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a novel tire retaining device by means of which either a single tire or a plurality of tires may be secured to the wheel felly, and in which the tires and .locking plates are interchangeable, thereby enabling the tire or tires to be easily and quickly removed from a wheel without the loss of time which is incident to placing particu lar parts in certain positions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tire retaining device which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which does not require the use of any special tools, and which admits of rubber tires being readily replaced by the chauffeur while on the road.

The invention is more especially adapted for use upon heavy automobiles, trucks,- va'ns and the like, and where a plurality of rubber tires are applied to each wheel, the said tires may be fitted closely together so as to have the appearance of a single broad tire.

lWith these and other objects in view, the. invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which z- Figure l is a transverse sectional view through the felly of a wheel provide with a plurality of rubber tires which are constructed and retained in position in accordance with the general principles of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view through the felly of a wheel having a single rubber tire member applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of a wheel, showing a slight. modification, one of the tire members and retaining plates being removed, and portions being shown in section, and F ig. l is a sectional view through a portion of the tire, said view being taken on the line A of Fig. 1. l

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, the numeral l designates the felly of a wheel, the said wheel and felly being of any conventional or approved construction. A band 2 is fitted upon the felly l in the usual manner, and the resilient tires 3 are slipped upon the band 2. As indicated upon Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, a plurality of the tires 3 is fitted upon the felly l, while as illustrated by Fig. 2. a single tire 3 is slipped upon the felly. rhese tires 3 are symmetri cal in cross section, and it will consequently be apparent that they are both interchange able and reversible. Each of the tires is provided upon opposite sides thereof with annular grooves 4, and an annular tongue 5, which is substantially of an inverted T shape in cross section, projects from the,l base of each of the tires at themiddle portion thereof.

Circular retaining plates 6 are tted against opposite sides of the felly l, the said plates being held in position by means of bolts or similarl fastening members 7 which extend transversely through both the plates and the felly and are capped at opposite ends thereof by nuts 8. These retaining T-shape in cross-section, a ring applied t0 the tires, and means for holding the retainthe telly between each adjacent pair of the ing plates in position.

tires, the said ring fitting under the bases In testimony whereof We hereunto aiix of the tires and being formed with flanges our signatures in the presence of two Wit- 5 interlocking with the tongues thereof, re- .nesses taining plates applied to the sides of the FRANKLYN M. CARHART. felly and formed with annular shoulders ARCHIBALD VAN DE WATER. ttingT under the bases of the tires, the said Witnesses:

shoulders carrying flanges which have an FRANKLIN A. GOLES,

i0 interlocking connection with the tongues of CAROLYN R. GOLES. 

